When A Moveable Feast was published in 1964, I had been living in Paris for six years. I was 27 and in love with Papa Hemingway’s favorite city, one that he described as “a mistress who always has new lovers.” One didn’t speak this way back then, but the book really blew my mind. Totally. Papa had died three years before … [Read More]

Under Discussion: The Conscience of a Libertarian: Empowering the Citizen Revolution with God, Guns, Gambling & Tax Cuts, Wayne Allyn Root, Wiley (2009), 400 pages.  When I decided to read Wayne Allyn Root’s latest book, The Conscience of Libertarian, I wasn’t expecting to be impressed. A blabbering narcissist, who looks and acts like a cross between Mitt Romney and infomercial icon … [Read More]